Narcissism's Great Leap Forward

And the Golden Microphone goes to...

Danielle Slaton, former US international soccer player, commenting on the performance of the Women's World Cup's host team in its match against Nigeria, in the 65th minute:

"It looks right now like France couldn't 

hit water if they fell out of a boat."

The French did manage to get a win by a single goal on their second chance at a penalty kick, after the first attempt went wide. (They got a do-over because the Nigerian keeper stepped off the line a few inches just before the first kick was taken. I object to that outcome because (1) the French penalty-kicker did not approach the ball at a steady pace, but slowed her last step, practically guaranteeing that the keeper -- who naturally would have anticipated the timing of the kick from the kicker's first few steps -- would move when the ball would have been kicked had the kicker maintained the pace she'd established; and (2) since the kick went wide of the goal, the keeper's coming off the line had no effect on the play. In a world free of nitpicking video review, the infraction by the keeper would rightly have been waved off as insignificant.)

Danielle Slayton (Fox Soccer)